We hope Miss Grimes has a lovely graduation at Leeds University, celebrating her hard work in becoming a teacher.

Rev Michael came to school to do an assembly about harvest. We also learnt a new song. Jenson also showed us his football trophies for team work. Well done Jenson!

Class 4 had a lovely time at a Tri-Golf festival at Maiden Castle. Mrs Shaw joined us too!

UNCRC article 31 – Children should have the right to join in a range of activities.

Our first week at Science club is complete! We had lots of fun trying to build tall structures using only marshmallows and dry spaghetti! We had to do lots of investigating and shaping to get the right balance. Look at our fantastic models.

A special thank you to Amelia and Lacie Mae, our super Science ambassadors, who helped out with the club.

UNCRC 31 – Right to join in a range of activities.

UNCRC Article 29 – every child has the right to develop their education and talents.

Durham Music service are offering violin lessons in school for year 4 and then year 3.

Mr Stokoe teaches the violin and your child may get the chance to perform in school concerts.

If you are interested, please find out more at durhammusic.org.uk.

RSE Policy 2021

Tuesday 21^st September 2021

Dear parents/carers,

We’ve been consulting with parents, pupils and staff to make sure our new relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum meets the government’s requirements, as well as the needs of our pupils.

We’ve worked hard to make sure that our new curriculum reflects:

• Our pupils’ age and maturity levels, as well as their cultural and religious backgrounds
• The values of our school community
• Every pupil’s learning needs
• What pupils need to know to be healthy and safe in school, in their personal relationships and in the wider world

We’ve now updated our RSE policy to include our proposed new curriculum.

You’ll find a copy of our new draft policy attached to this letter. We’ve also made it available on our website at www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk

If you have any feedback on the proposed curriculum, and the wider policy, please contact Mrs D Lee on d.lee103@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk

The deadline for responding to the consultation is Friday 24^th September 2021.

Yours sincerely,

Donna Lee

Head Teacher

Huge well done to Sam for being our school artist of the month!

Our famous artist we are celebrating, is the wonderful Liz Million who is an illustrator from Darlington.

UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Well done to our children who have shown a potential future career in Boxing. They all attend clubs outside of school and are delighted with their recent achievements. We are all very proud of you.

UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Well done to all our children who have worked very hard on their TT Rockstars all week. Our certificates are for the most correct answers over the past week.

UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Well done to all our children who have worked incredibly hard all week and achieved the Head Teacher’s Award. We were blown away with the quality of their work and the leadership skills they showed in lessons and playtimes. Well done to all.